Huettner nabs pair of golds to lead Tigers at Nebraska City

 Falls City High junior Lee Huettner paced the boys’ track team last Tuesday with a pair of  first-place finishes in the long jump and triple jump events, as the Tigers scored 60 team points  and finished fifth at the Nebraska City Invitational.

 Huettner leaped 20 feet, 2 1/2 inches in the long jump and 41 feet, 10 1/2 inches in the triple jump to earn his gold medals. FC senior Mitchell Harling took home bronze in the triple jump with a distance of 40 feet, 9 3/4 inches, while also finishing fourth in the long jump at 18 feet, 11 1/2 inches. Zach Jordening brought home a silver medal for the Tigers in the high jump with a height of 6-feet even. FC’s 400-meter and 1600-meter relay teams each finished in second place with times of 44.54 seconds and 3:42.29 minutes, respectively. Harling, Jordening, junior Jeremy Robinson and junior Jordy Stoller made up the 400 team and the 1600 team consisted of Huettner, Harling, Stoller and senior Cody Schawang.

2014 Falls City High Lady Tigers Track Team (front row, from left) – Madison Olberding, Mahlory Vice, Sydney Armbruster, Brooke Scheitel, Krystal Samqua, Lindsey Duerfeldt, Lainey Larsen and Mary Patnode. Back row – Alyssa Frederick, Megan Eickhoff, Taylor Bachman, Brittany Webster, Brooke Lotter, Julia Landry, Bailey Gilkerson, Molly Brown and Jordan Phroper. Not pictured – Allyson Scholl, Haley Cochran, Kirsten Carter, Morgan Roberts, Cheyenne Dovel and Sarah Bailey. Photo by Jim Langan.

 The Lady Tigers’  best finish came  from the  3200-meter relay  team of junior  Krystal Samqua,  seniors Brooke  Scheitel, junior  Lindsey Duerfeldt  and freshman  Cheyenne Dovel,  who combined for a  runner-up finish  with a time of  11:33.89.

 Samqua and Dovel  finished fourth and  sixth, respectively, in the 1600-meter run, while Scheitel, sophomore Lainey Larsen and freshman Brittany Webster each turned in fourth-place finishes. Scheitel in the high jump (4-08.01), Larsen in the 3200 meters (14:08.01 and Webster in the discus (79-08 1/2). Webster added a fifth-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 30 feet, 7 inches. Senior Mahlory Vice finished fifth in the 300-meter low hurdles with a time of 6:17.98.

The Tiger track teams return to action Thursday at the Syracuse Invitational with field events scheduled to start at 11 a.m.

NEBRASKA CITY INVITE
April 8
BOYS’ TEAM STANDINGS
Maryville, MO    106
Plattsmouth      89
Boys Town     88 1/2
Shenandoah, IA    78 1/2
Falls City    60
Omaha Roncalli    38
Nebraska City    36
INDIVIDUAL BOYS
100-meter dash – 1. Schieffer, MHS, 10.7.
110-meter hurdles – 1. Smith, BT, 16.12.
1600 – 1. Blake, SHS, 4:55.59; also, 5. Brandon Gibson, FC, 5:12.
300-meter hurdles – 1. Smith, BT, 43.33; also, 6. Jeremy Robinson, FC,  46.72.
3200 – 1. Walsh, BT, 10:54.63.
3200-meter relay – 1. SHS, 9:00.49; also, 6. FC (Morgen Valentine, Trenton  Pentocost, Derik Eickhoff, Anthony Baker), 10:01.48.
400 relay – 1. MHS, 43.26; 2. FC (Robinson, Harling, Jordy Stoller, Jordening),  44.54.
Discus – 1. Davis, PHS, 139-05; also, 5. Payton Adams, FC, 119-10.

Shot put – 1. Siemonsma, PHS, 53-07.
High jump – 1. Dukes, PHS, 6-01; 2. Zach Jordening, FC, 6-00.
Long jump – 1. Lee Huettner, FC, 20-02 1/2; also, 4. Mitchell Harling, FC, 18-11 1/2.
Triple jump – 1. Huettner, FC, 41-10 1/2; also, 3. Harling, FC, 40-09 3/4.
400 – 1. Thompson, MHS, 51.74.
800 – 1. Hoyt, SHS, 2:12.52.
200 – 1. Schieffer, MHS, 23.23.
1600 relay – 1. MHS, 3:41.55; 2. FC (Cody Schawang, Harling, Stoller, Huettner), 3:42.29.

GIRLS’ TEAM STANDINGS
 Plattsmouth    181
 Maryville, MO    129
 Nebraska City    59 1/2
 Boys Town    59
 Falls City    32

Omaha Roncalli    27 1/2
Boys Town    0
Shenandoah, IA    0
INDIVIDUAL GIRLS
100-meter dash – 1. Mattson, MHS, 13.01.
100-meter hurdles – 1. Wallace, MHS, 16.71.   
1600 – 1. Autumn Graham, PHS, 5:40; also, 4. Krystal Samqua, FC, 6:17.98; 6. Cheyenne Dovel, FC, 6:27.92.
300-meter hurdles – 1. Wallace, MHS, 47.9; also, 5. Mahlory Vice, FC, 6:17.98. 
3200 – 1. Autumn Graham, PHS, 12:40.36; also, 4. Lainey Larsen, FC, 14:08.01.
3200-meter relay – 1. PHS, 10:44.4; 2. FC (Samqua, Brooke Scheitel, Lindsey Duerfeldt, Dovel), 11:33.89.
400 relay – 1. MHS, 51.97; also, 5. FC (Vice, Madison Olberding, Alyssa Frederick, Molly Brown), 56.20.
Discus – 1. Wilson, MHS, 93-04; also, 4. Brittany Webster, FC, 79-08 1/2.
Shot put – 1. Scanlan, PHS, 42-11; also, 5. Webster, FC, 30-07.

 High jump – 1. Andrea, NC, 4-10.01; also, 4. Scheitel, FC, 4-08.01.
 Long jump – 1. Andrea, 16-05.
 Triple jump – 1. Scanlan, PHS, 32-05.
 400 – 1. April Graham, PHS, 1:00.38.
 800 – 1. April Graham, PHS, 2:26.85.
 200 – 1. Bergston, PHS, 27.67.
 1600 relay – 1. PHS, 4:21.45; also, 6. FC (Sydney Armbruster, Morgan Roberts, Frederick, Scheitel), 5:01.33.